Join Lincoln’s legion of volunteers
Orientation for new volunteers at Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum begins Sept. 15

[August 29, 2015]  SPRINGFIELD – Volunteers have helped make the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum a success for the past 10 years, and now the ALPLM is looking for more volunteers to get the next 10 years off to a great start.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer can attend an orientation program Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the library’s Multi-Purpose Room. The two-hour session will acquaint people with the volunteer opportunities available and begin teaching attendees what they need to know about the library and museum.

Volunteers will be asked to attend three additional training sessions: Tuesday, September 29; Wednesday, October 7; and Tuesday, October 13. Each session starts at 5:30 p.m. and lasts about three hours. To register, contact Jeremy Carrell, director of volunteer services, at [phone].

The presidential library and museum is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and volunteers play an important role in all the festivities. They serve as informational guides, bus greeters and assistants in the museum’s children’s section. Volunteers also assist in the Oral History Department, Papers of Abraham Lincoln, the library reading room and more.

Volunteers contribute an average of 40,000 hours of service each year to the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, improving the experience for everyone who visits the nation’s foremost institution dedicated to Abraham Lincoln.

For more about the library and museum, visit www.presidentlincoln.illinois.gov

[Christopher Wills, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum]